| January to March 2023. Some photos of activities on site at Yeovil Railway Centre |
| January 2023 - The Ruston developed some noise from the vacuum pump during Santa Specials. It was discovered that the bearings had worn. Photo taken whilst vacuum pump had been removed.
The opportunity was taken to replace the vanes in the pump and also investigate the battery charging fault.
This turned out to be a failed regulator and a replacement has been fitted. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 31 January 2023 Refitting the repaired vacuum pump. |
| January 2023 - The stripdown of Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 'Lord Fisher' has started after its last 10 year ticket expired. An examination by the Boiler Inspector will be arranged in due course and the cost of repairs estimated. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| January 2023 - Lord Fisher's (rather sad looking) cab has been stored in a wagon for the time being. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 05 February 2023 - Lord Fisher's tank. |
| February 2023 - Work on the Oyster plough van continues. Here the shroud above one plough is being painted. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Remaking the floor under one verandah.. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| To improve safety, additional wheelstops have been added to be used during public events. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Drilling holes in the rail for the wheelstops to be attached. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
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| 5 March 2023 Training and refreshing session prior to restarting public operations. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 14 March 2023 More resleepering! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 19 March 2023 Work on the Oyster van continues. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 19 March 2023 First train day for 2023 saw a sunny, if slightly chilly day Peckett 'Pectin' back in traffic. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
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| Westland & Yeovil District Model Engineering Socety continue to run the miniature railway. Always popular. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| Turntable is demonstrated the easy way using the vacuum of the engine's braking system... (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| ...and the hard way - push manually! (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
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| A section of the 00 Gauge Model Railway layout. (Photo courtesy Brian Haigh) |
| 21 March 2023 - Lord Fisher's boiler has been freed and raised in preparation for a non-destructive test (NDT) to ascertain the remaining boiler metal thickness. The results of which will determine the repairs required to this most expensive part of the overhaul before the engine can be returned to service. |
| Boiler is certainly empty - except the tubes!. |
| Part of the gardening team. Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
| Work on renovating the Oyster plough van. Reattaching a buffer after replacing the wood between the buffer and chassis. Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
| Painting. Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
| Woodworking. Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
| Replacement of a bearing on the dumper crankshaft became necessary. The opportunity was taken to apply grease in various places! Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
| Improving the Museum exhibits. Picture courtesy Brian Haigh |
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